This story was written about nine years ago, and resurrected now because I've hit a wall with another story I was currently writing. It follows a wannabe detective through a maze of characters and bizarre situations involving a family trust. It came from a previous book called The Mistake which had a bevy of characters I grew quite fond of, and on occasion, are referred to in this story.…
ONC2025 Round 2 winner and Ambassador Pick! Entry based on Prompt 110. 20 days of freedom and Prompt 77. In a world where art and entertainment are forbidden, you're born to challenge the system and change the world.…
*** FIRST PLACE WINNER UIC2023 ***12 chapter contest based on specific weekly prompts. An assassin realizes something isn't right about the new target they've been given. They switch sides to save the person they were meant to kill.…
Rule Number Two follows the dramatic adventure of Hitman Dane Chase and the woman he refused to kill in Rule Number One, as the man who hired him tracks him to the island of St. Lucia and back, for revenge.…
After achieving success in business, and anticipating similar success in marriage, Mathew Hayward boards his flight from Toronto to Vancouver. In order to meet him and complete their plans, his fiancée has already given notice at her place of employment and requested additional time off.Both anticipating the friendly skies of a shared future.…
Parker Nevens, stand up comic in a seedy roadhouse, and fed up with the way his career is going, barges in on his boss to say he's quitting and discovers him being strangled. While fleeing, he gets help from the club's lead pole dancer, and gains some sympathy from a detective who has a thing for the same dancer.…
Yamashita's Gold. During the occupation of the Philippines, Japanese military looted everything - temples, homes, and government offices, amassing a huge fortune in treasure. When it could no longer be shipped back to Japan, Prisoners of war were forced to bury it.Much has been recovered since the war - but not all. Our story concerns a number of competing groups vying over information of a site, uncovered through a letter delivered by a dying man, as a last act of a promise made.…
THIRD PLACE IN HISTORICAL FICTION - 2020 SOAP AWARDSWith nothing to remain for or even forget, Allison Bleeker listened eagerly to the descriptions offered by the agent who encouraged her signature on the marriage contract that would see her travelling west, dreaming of a new start in life with the man who sent for her.The nightmare awaiting her would give her something she would never forget.…
A retired homicide detective finds that retiring physically and retiring mentally are very different animals. A two-week getaway for sun and relaxing start right away with curiosity that leads to involvement, and that leads to defending the life of a widow as well as his own.…
Three agencies. An international criminal organization. A mother and daughter. Moles. Assassins.All of the above in a deadly competition for The Dossier.…
Cover courtesy of @BarryVoslooAn action adventure pirate tale with all the expected elements. The ship carrying the governor's daughter is attacked at sea and she is kidnapped by Tortuga's most notorious pirate, Terrance Hollick. Spirited away to their haven in a hidden cavern on the rocky north coast, Alicia Francorte discovers a lot more about the pirate captain than she imagined and when her father's ships come looking for her, the action builds.…
The sequel to PIRACY where Hollick's wife, Alicia, continues the pursuits of her husband, as Captain of the newly renovated Bold Sea, captured from the naval fleet in Hispaniola. Lieutenant Phillip Downs was first officer of the Bold Sea when it was partially destroyed in the attack on the pirate haven in Tortuga. He is out for revenge and is using the very enemy he was fighting to attain that measure.…
SELECTED FOR FEATURED LIST BY WATTPAD PICKS - JUNE/20182nd PLACE IN THE 2018 CORONA MYSTERY AWARDSTed Wagner has taken a sabbatical from life to travel and write. He chose the desolation of the southwest to escape from the city's pace. On a whim he gets off the bus he was riding in the middle of nowhere at a roadside diner and decides to begin his search for a story there. He's not in the diner more than fifteen minutes when the place is robbed and the waitress murdered right before his eyes.…
Reginald Harrison is found dead in his apartment. His guilt and secrets died with him. No witnesses. No fingerprints. No murder weapon, and a time frame that defies plausibility. Detective Art Springer and his partners, Detectives Gary Crawford and Grace Champion, have a department deadline to meet, or the mayor will be chopping budgets, personnel, or both.…
PROMPT #59 - MYSTERY/THRILLER ENTRY IN THE 2022 STORMY NIGHTS READING CHALLENGEHarold Pope, contract killer by accident, takes advantage of that fact and crafts a successful, financially beneficial career until, through another accident, becomes his own contract!…
PROMPT 49 CONTEST ENTRY - Getting in the back of a taxi, your character finds a thick envelope. It's addressed but has no postage. After getting stuck in a downpour, Warren Daly ends up in a taxi waiting for better driving conditions. When he notices a package on the floor in the back, he and the driver agree to deliver it on the way to Warren's house. The following several weeks of their lives are drastically changed by that choice.…
Based on ONC Prompt 53 - The co-worker who irritates you the most just asked you for a big favour. They're not who or what they appear to be. And they know you're not either.…
